The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-04
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.


sRYATE.-In the senate various bills, Pc
titions and memorials were introduced.
Bill regulating venue In damage suits
growing out of attachments was engrossed.
Bill regulating the establishment OF rail-
way crossings was engrossed.
Resolutions for the appointment oil
committee OF investigation in the Judge
Willis matter was taken up and Senator'S
Mcdonald, Simkins and Camp were APP
pointed.
Frank called up his bill establishing the
Court of Appeals.
Amendment by Gregg, that cases may be
tried before commission, was adopted.
Two minor amendments were adopted
and the bill passed.
Stinson's bill providing for separation of
partition fences passed
Bill validating ordinances of cities and
towns where there are no daily papers was
engrossed.
Bill requiring the posting of occupation
tax receipts in places Of business was taken
up.
Amendment by Simkns providing any
violator of the act may be arrested by
peace officer without warrant and lining
him $500 for failure to make such arrests
was adopted.
The Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-Petitions on various subjects
and bills amending the Revised Statutes
were introduced
House bill to prevent under penalties, the
oyerissue of stocks and bonds and payment
of fiction dividends by railroad companies
passed.
House bill to specify requirements of an
nual reports of railroad companies passed.
House bill authorizing cities and towns
to issue school house and waterworks bonds
passed.
Moore of Travis, introduced resolution
to submit n constitutional amendment au-
thorizing the Legislature to establish n rail
road commission.
Senate bill amending the Penal Statutes
so rs to fix penalty for changing railway
switch, producing damage, etc, passed
Senate bill prescribing cases in which Sc
questration writs may issue passed.
Senate bill regulating taking of deposit
lions in civil cases passed.
Senate bill requiring railway companies
to give thirty days notice to employees of
reduction of wages passed to third reading
House bill to give courts more power to
compel the attendance of witnesses in
criminal cases passed to engrossment.
House members of Bryan College visiting
committee declined service, and three sue
cesso's were appointed, viz: Baylor, Voor-
hecs and Parker.
About an hour was consumed in debate
upon honse bill and substitutes to plant
an agricultural bureau with clerk in the
fertile soil of the department of insurance,
statistics and history,
Substitute bill defining agricultural du-
ties Of the insurance commissioner was
adopted and passed to engrossment,
House bill requiring the charge of the
judge in felony cases to be read to the jury
before the argument of counsel is passed
House bill fixing pay of jurors in felony
cases for actual expenses only when i'm
paneled at not exceeding $3.50 per day
passed.
A resolution was adopted pr DIVIDING q
joint committee to effect II treaty of peacs
and division OF income of the university
and Bryan college.
McGaughey, Hudgens and Curry were ap-
pointed for the house.
House bill amending the law on venue to
authorize suits for damages foi wrongful
suing out Of attachments to be brought in
the county where the wrongful attachment
Is issued The bin also gives venue Of like
character in cases Of punishment.